Apicomplexan apicortins possess a long disordered N-terminal extension

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1037-1044

  Orosz, Ferenc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; DCX domain; Intrinsically disordered proteins; P25alpha domain; Phylogenomics; Spizellomyces punctatus; Trichoplax adhaerens

Indexed keywords

APICORTIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLACOZOA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPIZELLOMYCES PUNCTATUS; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; PLACOZOA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); SPIZELLOMYCES PUNCTATUS; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS;

EID: 79956299151     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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